Abstract: Suggested are biocide compositions, comprising (a) Isoamyl lactate; (b) Biocides and optionally (c) Oil components or co-solvents and/or (d) Emulsifiers. The compositions show high solubility for biocides and improved emulsification properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to sulfosuccinates of the general formula (1), where M is hydrogen or a cation and the groups R4 and R5—independently of each other—are hydrogen or a cation or an alkyl group, wherein no more than one of the groups R4 or R5 is hydrogen or a cation, wherein said sulfosuccinates contain at least one alcohol building block that is assigned to the mono-alcohols with 8 to 36 carbon atoms in total, on the condition that said mono-alcohols are Guerbet alcohols (GA) containing at least two branches per molecule. Said sulfosuccinates are suitable as surfactants having improved dynamic surface tension.

Abstract: Navigating from an alert related to a state of a data object to a source of the alert includes displaying alerts in a portal environment. The portal environment has an analytical portal application associated with an analytical data store and a transaction portal application associated with a transaction data store. One of the alerts includes a transaction alert that is associated with a data object in the transaction data and another of the alerts includes an analytical alert that is associated with a data object. An indication of a transaction alert or an analytical alert is received from a user. When the indication is an indication of an analytical alert, navigation occurs to the analytical portal application. When the indication is an indication of the transaction alert, navigation occurs to the transaction portal application.

Abstract: Suggested are biocide compositions, comprising (a) esters based on ketocarboxylic acids, (b) biocides, and optionally (c) oil components or co-solvents and/or (d) emulsifiers. The compositions exhibit an improved stability even if stored at temperatures between 5° and 40° C. over a longer period.

Abstract: Described are agrochemical compositions comprising alkoxylation products according to general formula (I) R1(CO)m—O—[R2O]nR3??(I) wherein R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, optionally hydroxy-functionalised hydrocarbyl radical containing 8 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 is an ethylene, propylene or butylene group or mixtures thereof, R3 is hydrogen or an acyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, m is 0 or 1, n is an integer between 3 and 100. When R3 is an acyl group, R2 is ethylene, propylene or mixtures thereof, and when R3 is hydrogen, R2 is ethylene, propylene, butylene or mixtures thereof provided that the terminal group represents a butylene oxide unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to resins comprising acrylate groups that are liquid at 25° C., obtained in that polycarboxylic acids (a) comprising at least 2 carboxyl groups and at least 2 C atoms per molecule are converted in a first stage with polyamines (b) comprising at least 2 amino groups and at least 2 C atoms per molecule, such that an intermediate compound (z) results, said compound being terminated by carboxyl groups, and said compound (z) being functionalized in a second stage, such that the free carboxyl groups thereof are provided with one or more (meth)acrylate groups in one or more stages, said resins being suitable as radiation-curing compounds for producing coatings.

Abstract: Solvents for offset printing inks comprising at least one fatty acid ester that is the reaction product of at least one of C6-26 fatty acid and at least one polyhydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of polyglycerols, and adducts of 1 to 20 mol of ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide with polyglycerols.

Abstract: A method of documenting occurrence of an event in a computer system includes receiving first event information forwarded upon a first event occurring in execution of a first step in a transaction process. The first event information includes a first step key, a first step type, and first time-of-occurrence information. The method includes identifying, upon receiving the first event information, an anchor step type that previously has been assigned for use in documenting the first event. The anchor step type is associated with an anchor step in the transaction process. The method includes reading, using the anchor step type, an anchor key of the anchor step in an execution log for the transaction process. The execution log is identified using the first step key. The method includes associating the anchor key with the first time-of-occurrence information. A performance measure having start and end events may be evaluated.

Abstract: Suggested is an improved process for making polyol esters with improved colour quality by transesterification of polyols or their alkoxylation products with fatty acid alkyl esters, which is characterised in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of a reducing mineral or organic acid as a catalyst selected from the group consisting of (i) sulphuric or sulphonic acids with an oxidation value of sulphur of less than 6 or their salts, and/or (ii) phosphoric or phosphonic acids with an oxidation value of phosphor of less than 5 or their salts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymerizable emulsifier comprising (meth)acrylic acid esters, selected from compounds of the general formula (1) and (II), where: A is an acrylic group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, x and y independently of each other are a hydrogen group or a methyl group, B is hydrogen or a sulfate or phosphate group, and n a number in the range of 0 to 40. The invention further relates to methods of using said copolymerizable emulsifier in the emulsion polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers to prepare polymers.

Abstract: A salt of a mono- and/or dialkyl ester of a sulfonated dicarboxylic acid is provided, where the dicarboxylic acid contains 4 to 8 carbon atoms and the alkyl groups are derived from 2-propylheptanol. A composition including (a) one or more salt(s) of a mono- and/or dialkyl ester(s) of a sulfonated dicarboxylic acid(s), where the dicarboxylic acid contains 4 to 8 carbon atoms and the alkyl groups are derived from 2-propylheptanol; and (b) one or more organic solvents liquid at 20° C. with a boiling point above 250° C. at 1 bar is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of organomodified siloxane block copolymers as care active ingredient for the care of human or animal body parts.

Abstract: The invention provides radiation-curing coating materials composed of at least one silicone resin modified with vinylalkoxysilane and vinylcyclohexene oxide and of at least one epoxy-functionalized polysiloxane and of a cationic photoinitiator. Furthermore, coinitiators may also be a constituent of the mixture, in order to obtain increased reactivity of the formulation.

Abstract: Ionic N-containing compounds of formula (I), wherein the index n is the number 0 or 1 and R1 to R5 independently are hydrogen, C1-C25 alkyl, C3-C25 cycloalkyl or C6-C25 aryl, wherein the alkyl groups can be saturated or unsaturated, straight-chained or branched, and the cycloalkyl groups can be saturated or unsaturated, with the following stipulations: (1) when n=1, at least one of R1 to R5 must contain 8 to 25 carbon atoms, (2) when n=0, at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R5 must contain 8 to 25 carbon atoms, (3) the carbon atoms carrying R2 and R3 are linked via a C—C single bond or a C?C double bond, (4) when R1 to R5 are alkyl or cycloalkyl, a hydrogen atom linked to a carbon atom can be replaced with OH or NH2, or an —O—, —COO— or —NH— group can be inserted between two neighboring carbon atoms linked via a C—C single bond, (5) when R1 to R5 are aryl, a hydrogen atom linked to a carbon atom can be optionally replaced with C1-C12 alkyl or C3-C12 cycloalkyl, with the stipulation that the following applies to th

Abstract: Disclosed are lubricant compounds with a good shear stability defined by the loss of the kinematic viscosity at 100° C., containing base oil and a synthetic complex ester, the complex ester having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of greater than 400 and up to 50,000 mm2/s and being obtained by reaction of a) polyols and monocarboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids, or of b) polyols and mono-alcohols and dicarboxylic acids, or of c) polyols and mono-alcohols and monocarboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids. In addition the use of said lubricant compounds containing the complex esters as oils for vehicle transmission, axle, industrial drives, compressors, turbines or engines is described.

Abstract: Radiation-curable acrylated polyaminoamides obtainable by Michael addition of polyaminoamides containing terminal amine groups (A) and polyolester acrylates (B), the molar ratio of the acrylate groups in the polyolester acrylates (B) to the aminohydrogen groups in the polyaminoamides (A) being at least 1:1, characterized in that the polyaminoamides have an amine value above 115, are suitable as radiation-curable compounds for the production of coatings.

Abstract: This invention provides for, inter alia, coatings, printing inks or paint varnishes that are curable cationically by radiation and to methods for improving the slip and release properties or the leveling and wetting properties of a coating. The coatings, printing inks or paint vanishes provided for herein comprise at lest one epoxypolysiloxane that is modified with an oxyalkylene group and contains, attached to a Si atom, at least one group of the formula: —R3—O—(CnH(2n-m))R4mO—)xR5 ??(I) where the variables and indices are described herein.

Abstract: The invention provides radiation-curing coating materials composed of at least one silicone resin modified with vinylalkoxysilane and vinylcyclohexene oxide and of at least one epoxy-functionalized polysiloxane and of a cationic photoinitiator. Furthermore, coinitiators may also be a constituent of the mixture, in order to obtain increased reactivity of the formulation.

Abstract: A salt of a mono- and/or dialkyl ester of a sulfonated dicarboxylic acid is provided, where the dicarboxylic acid contains 4 to 8 carbon atoms and the alkyl groups are derived from 2-propylheptanol. A composition including (a) one or more salt(s) of a mono- and/or dialkyl ester(s) of a sulfonated dicarboxylic acid(s), where the dicarboxylic acid contains 4 to 8 carbon atoms and the alkyl groups are derived from 2-propylheptanol; and (b) one or more organic solvents liquid at 20° C. with a boiling point above 250° C. at 1 bar is also provided.

Abstract: Processes for producing conjugated linoleic acid are described which comprise: (a) isomerizing a linoleic acid lower alkyl ester in the presence of an alkali metal alcoholate to form a conjugated linoleic acid lower alkyl ester; (b) saponifying the conjugated linoleic acid lower alkyl ester in the presence of an aqueous lye to form a saponification product; and (c) neutralizing the saponification product with phosphoric acid.